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Order of Business (30 Jun 2009)

Joan Burton: I asked if the Government was going to publish it. Will the Taoiseach make a commitment to publish it?

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (25 Jun 2009)

Joan Burton: Question 34: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when she will reform the back to education allowance in order that all jobseekers can avail of the scheme within three months of starting their claim. [23290/09]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (25 Jun 2009)

Joan Burton: Question 43: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when she will reform the back to work enterprise allowance in order that all job-seekers can avail of the scheme within three months of starting their claim. [23291/09]

Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Joan Burton: That is like the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Deputy Mary Coughlan, on the radio-----

Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Joan Burton: I have not had an opportunity to speak.

Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Joan Burton: Paragraph 43 of the report says that the economic situation here will be an episode of the most severe economic distress since the Second World War.

Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Joan Burton: The Minister did not read paragraph 43.

Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Joan Burton: This will be the most severe period of economic distress since the Second World War and the Minister will not have a debate on it.

Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Joan Burton: Not since Pontius Pilate have we have had a Minister who washes his hand of his own economic history and his own Government.

Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Joan Burton: Does the Minister want a star for going on for about 20 minutes on RTE this morning? He sounded like the Tánaiste not the Minister for Finance as he rambled on.

Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Joan Burton: He rambled about how he was nothing to do with the Government but merely a supporter.

Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Joan Burton: Does he want a kindergarten star?

Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Joan Burton: The Minister is just a camp follower.

Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Joan Burton: If the Minister for Finance cannot make a simple decision, can we adjourn for 20 minutes while he telephones the Taoiseach to ask whether the Taoiseach agrees to a debate?

Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Joan Burton: Did the Minister phone a friend?

Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Joan Burton: When the Dáil passed the Financial Measures (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2009 earlier this week, the Minister for Finance promised to bring a scheme before the House in regard to the extension of the financial institutions guarantee scheme. I do not want to raise details of the IMF report before that debate takes place, but the report points out that the guarantee will potentially cost...

Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Joan Burton: Will the Minister for Finance set out the framework for the scheme he promised in regard to extending the financial institutions guarantee scheme? In respect of the NAMA legislation, will he publish not just the heads of the Bill but a White Paper so that we can work out the Government's intentions?

Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Joan Burton: It seems the Minister is looking for a kindergarten star. Does he want me to go over and give him three little gold stars because he huffed and puffed his way through an RTE interview this morning?

Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Joan Burton: The Minister has not read the report.

Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Joan Burton: Nobody in their right mind could say it is favourable to the Government. On the contrary, the report calls into question the Government's competence.